Automatic advertising apparatus.



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AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

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EDWAR-l) FRANCIS NICHOLAS CANDIA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratenfeuneeso, 1913.

Application filed September 7, 1909. Serial No. 516,558.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Eowum FRANCIS XvcuomsCaxnra, a subject of the-King of Italy,and a resident of the borough ofManhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Automatic Advertising Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention .relates to apparatus for advertising or like purposes, andis particularly adapted for use on moving vehicles, such as automobiles.

. By the use of my invention, a web or sheet of suitable material,preferably of atranslucent character, and bearing a plurality ofadvertising units or series of units 'is automatically rolled andunrolled on rollers or cylinders suitably supported to rotate so as toexpose each of such advertising units or series of units contained onsuch web or sheet in reg-' ular order and for a predetermined period oftime. Such units are preferably so exposed at both sides and at the rearof a moving vehicle, such as an automobile, each unit or series of unitsappearing within a suithas reached its rection of rotation of therollers or cylin ders will be automatically reversed, preferably'byelectro-magnetic means, and the said units or. series of units willagain be exposed in the reverse order.

- This invention consists in the features of construct-ion, ments ofparts hereinafter set forth, illustrated and described in theaccompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims. In the preferred form of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a coveredautomobile having my invention applied thereto; view of the same, thefront portion of the shed and sides being broken away Fig 3 is a planviewof one set of the rollers; Figs; 4, 5', 6, 7, 8 and 9 are details ofparts of the mechanism; and'Fig. v view of the circuit for thesolenoidsshown in Figs. 2 and 5.

Referring now to these drawings, A desig nates a suitable support,which, asshown', comprises the shed of an automobile. The

shed A is preferably divided up by moldings so as to form suitableframes A for the display of the separate units of advertis'ing containedon a web C of cloth or other suitable flexible and translucent mate- 1-]al. In Fig. 1. a series of three units of adan automobile. Similar unitsmay likewise be exposed at the back and at the other side thereof.

, B designates rollers of wood or other suitable material, upon ,whichthe' web C is wound and unwound. One or more pairs 'of 1 such rollersare rotatably supported in any suitable manner within the shed A andcombinations and arrange Fig. 2 is a front 10 is a diagrammatic pair andconnected to the other, so that it may be wound and unwound from one tothe other and expose the units of advertising contained thereon withinthe frames formed in said shed. of rollers or cylinders B are suitablysupported within the shed A, one member of each pair at the bottom ofthe wagon and the other member at or near the top of the y rotating oneof such members the web may be wound or unwound from one to theother-thereof, according to the direction of rotation.

The top members of the three pairs, or what I may call the top series ofrollers, are connected to each other so as to operate in unison, and thebottom members of the pairs or bottom series of rollers are likewiseconnected, thus forming with the connecting webs. a rectangular bodyconsisting of three parallel pairs of rollers. all operating in unison.By connecting the pairs of rollers together in this manner asuliicienttension or drag is exerted to keep the webs ta-ut.

The rollers, including their connections, are in all essential respectsthe same, and I 'have therefore considered it necessary to .illustratethe bottom series only.

each pair, so that b of the shed are connected at one end to the"angle-cogs 2 b and the other end is mounted independently of thedriving shaft and s mwith by means of a coupling device hereinafter morespecifically explained.

The power' is derived from source, such as the motor E.

. As illustrated, the. shaft D isfrotated vertising are shown exposed atone side of As shown, three pairs shed and a WebC-connect's the-membersof.

As shown, each of the rollers at the-side termittently. coupled anduncoupled therethe web C is wound on one member of a roller at the backby means of intermeshing any suitablt .110

through the medium of the worm F, worm wheel Gr, clutch box H and wheel.I, which is fixed to the shaft D. The worm wheel Gr is loose on theshaft D and is connected by means of laterally-extending guide-pins g toa double-acting clutch or'clutch box II also loose on the shaft D androtating with the worm wheel.

the guide-pins to. engage counter-- '2- and 5, the double-actingclutch-box H'is shown as enmeshed at its left-hand end with acounterpart box on the wheel I which-is, as aforesaid, fast on the shaftD, and

lower rollersto wind the web Cthreon.

= .\Vhe'n the web. is entirely. woundon the lower rollers, the clutchbox H is shifted out of engagement with the counterpart-box on thewheelI and into engagement witha counterpart box on a sprocket wheel Land the 'power is transmitted from the-motorthrough counterpart-box vtojchange the direction rollers when 'the web the worm shaft D webthereon. It will course, that the be understood,- of

is also loose. on the shaft D. A'lever'h is preferably provided to throwthe clutch boxdl to either side as desired;

-I preferably provide electro-magnetic means for shifting the clutch-boxH. so as has been entirely wound 'upon either the top or bottom roll--ers which means'I will nowrdescribe.

ne nember of each series of rollers, that is, one upper and one lower isprovided vwith a circuit making comprising a metallic and preferablyflush the roller,'-at any suitable point over which the web winds.

over and bears upon the web 0 as it is wound and unwound. When the web'18 enplate Y embedded in tirely unwound, the roller J contacts with themetallic plate Y in the periphery of the I roller and energizsa solenoidto swing or throw the clutch and reverse the direction of-rot-ation ofthe rollers, whereupon, the

7 web will be rew'ound uponsuch roller and will interpose itself betweenthe plate and roller, thus acting to insulate the same and break thecircuit. I have shown, shifting the lever h and through it theclutch-box H in opposite directions. Electric current for energizing thesolenoids 1 and 2 may be derived from any suitable source a'nd 111 thepresent case, I have 4 illustrated a,battery 9. The circuit for thesolenoid 2 is by way of Wires 3 and 3 and solenoid" 1 from Said-clutchbox is pro-'. vided at each end with the usual projections andinterdental spaces. and is movable later-' ally on part boxes at eitherside thereof, .In Figs.

tising units "contained such shaft will't-hu s berotated and with it'the F, worm wheel G, clutch box H, sprocket wheel L, chain If, reversinggears N,.O,' chain Z and sprocket wheel 6 to the and the upper rollers,to wind the,

sprocket-wheel L and its capement disk of rotation of the.

and breaking device,

with the periphery of A metallic roller J rollstwo solenoids 1 and 2 fori thence by wire 4 a). thebircuitffiiaking m1;

breaking device,- thence Tthrough' wire 5;; through the solenoid'2,-',-wi're.:6' to 6 and." back to the-"battery. The circuit for thethe battery is by way of wires 3' and-3?, wire 7 to circuit controlling-device,'through wire 5",thr ough solenoid 1,

wire 8 .to 6 and thence tothe battery.

In'-order; t o expose ,the separate adver-von the-web or other materialfor \a' predetermined periodof time withoutstopp ing the drivingmechanism, I provide, intermediate the powershafts and the rollers atone end of each "of" the ilongi .tudinally-dispos'ed rollers, anesc'apement .disk P whichis fixed to the angle cog b and rotatesindependently of the roller proper., As shown, this escapement disk P issp aced f rom the roller and carries astarwheel p which," as shown,- hasfour radial arms and -is pivoted near theouter edge ofthe escapem'entdisk on the face thereof contiguous. to the. roller." The star wheel pisrot'ated a quarter of. a turn by engagement with a projection d?suitabl supported in the path'of the star wheel] ne of the arms of thestar wheel plis' provided with an'upwardly-projecting portion p. whichwhen turned 1 into position engages the" roller B and the roller iscarried around with the esfor 'a single turn thereof. The projectingportion p4 fits into a cutaway portion B c-f the roller,' whenit isturned into'p'ositionas aforesaid. A. spring- "pressed-dog d 'is pivotedon. the disk 1? contiguous to the star-wheel, engages. each armthereofas it'is turn'edand prevents said wheel from making; more than a quarterof. a revolution upon each en agementwith' the projection Id, When".thevfprojection p comes into I contact withithe cutraway portion Bofthe roller, thedog d holds it-in engagement therewith until'o'n'e ofthe other arms of'theu'starg wheel is engaged'by the projection :01,whereupon Y the roller again becomes sta,tionaryand the starwheel anddisk rotate until the projection again comes .into engagement with the.roller. In this Having 'described'my invention, I claim:

1. The. combination with a suitable display frame, plurality ofadvertising units, a roller at each side of the frame for moving the webin the speedfof revolution of of a web of material bearing a oppositedirections past the frame, driving mechanism for rotating therollers,the rollers being mounted independently of the a drivingmechanism,a disk connected to the driving mechanism and continuouslyrotated thereby, a staravheel pivoted on said 2. The combination with asuitable display frame, of a Web of material bearing a plurality ofseparated advertising units,

movement transmitting mechanism for said Web comprising a power-shaft, aroller as sociated with each end of said eb and mounted independently ofsaid power-shaft, a disk mounted at right angles to the powershaft, andcontinuously rotated thereby, a star-Wheel pivoted on said diskeccentrically, a stationary projection in the path of the star wheelforv actuating the same, and a projection on the StiLT-WhGBlIEOIengaging the roller, as and for the purpose'specified. In witnesswhereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD FRANCIS NICHOLAS CANDIA.

WVitnesses:

Jos, F. UBRIEN, R. V. FINN.

